Lemon Rasam

It is very easy to prepare and also delicious, you can have it as soup too.

Toor dal -1/4 cup
Tomatoes-3
Fresh Lemon -1
Ginger -small bit (crushed)
Green chillies -1 (slited )
Pepper Powder  - 1/4 spoon
Jeera powder- 1/4 spoon
Asafoetida -a pinch
Turmeric Powder -1/4 tsp
Coriander leaves  - few finely chopped for garnishing.
Salt to taste.

For seasoning

Ghee -1 tsp
Mustard -1/4 tsp
Jeera  -1/4 tsp
Few cury leaves.

Method:

Pressure cook toor dal Mash it well add some water and keep aside.
Now take only the water of toor dal add chopped tomatoes, turmeric powder, green chillie, ginger,asafoetida, pepper and jeera powder salt and coriander leaves.
Cook for 10 minutes then mix cooked toor dal with little more water. Do not boil rasam.
Switch off when it is frothy. Squeeze lemon juice to the rasam after switching it off.
Finally add coriander leaves.
In a pan add 1 spoon of ghee season with mustard, jeera and few curry leaves.
It goes well with hot rice.